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"Often when my wife and I are out, we&amp;apos;ll see an elderly couple crossing the street or sitting next to us in a restaurant. We&amp;apos;ll stop what we&amp;apos;re doing and watch. With whispered acknowledgment or a silent nod, we&amp;apos;ll point out the quiet forms of tenderness we see, a hand held out to steady a spouse or the patience of the first as the second struggles to lever him or herself out of a chair. It&amp;apos;s not a form of voyeurism, and we try to be as respectful as we can, but it&amp;apos;s hard not to look directly at the future when it presents itself.\nIt is generally considered bad form, of course, to get old. In today&amp;apos;s youth-crazed society, making it to 85 or 90 isn&amp;apos;t a cause for celebration, it&amp;apos;s a person&amp;apos;s own damn fault. Even at this late date in history, the act of aging is seen as unsightly  -  just count the anti-wrinkle creams and hair dyes out there. The young certainly despise it and the old warn against it. \"Don&amp;apos;t ever get old,\" a woman I used to work for would tell me, \"It&amp;apos;s no damn fun.\" She&amp;apos;d be paused midway up a flight of stairs, gripping the rail with a boney arm, the thought of even one more step was enough to produce a small sigh from her aged lungs like a train pulling out of a station."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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